If no written protest is made pursuant to Section 35546 against the proposed plan or if a written protest is made pursuant to Section 35546 and the board finds that the protest represents less than 10 percent of the assessed value of the lands to which delivery of water would be curtailed under the proposed plan, then, at the conclusion of the hearing, the board may, by resolution, adopt and approve such plan.

(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 63.)